{"id":221,"date":"2010-06-16T13:31:05","date_gmt":"2010-06-16T13:31:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/inspirationreport\/2010\/06\/three-sisters-meet-for-the-first-time-after-61-years.html"},"modified":"2010-06-16T13:31:05","modified_gmt":"2010-06-16T13:31:05","slug":"three-sisters-meet-for-the-first-time-after-61-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/inspirationreport\/2010\/06\/three-sisters-meet-for-the-first-time-after-61-years.html","title":{"rendered":"Three Sisters Meet for the First Time After 61 Years"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Judy, Carol, and Deb were sisters who didn&#8217;t grow up together and had never met each other until recently.&nbsp; <\/p>\n<p>Judy, 61, had been adopted as a baby when her&nbsp;birth parents couldn&#8217;t afford to raise her.&nbsp; Carol and Deb were born to the same&nbsp;parents years later.&nbsp; Growing up, Judy didn&#8217;t know anything about her birth parents, but Carol and Deb knew about Judy.&nbsp; Their mother would tell Carol and Deb about the sister they never met.<\/p>\n<p>When Judy&#8217;s adoptive parents passed away, she discovered&nbsp;an adoption check&nbsp;signed by her birth mother.&nbsp; With her birth mother&#8217;s name, Judy went on a genealogy website to locate her birth parents.&nbsp; At the same time, Deb posted a message on another website looking for Judy.&nbsp; Amazingly, it took a stranger&nbsp;to see&nbsp;both postings and connect them with each other.<\/p>\n<p>The three sisters bonded over the phone and over emails before meeting in St. Louis, Missouri where Judy lives.&nbsp; All three women are more than just sisters because of their similar looks and mannerisms;&nbsp;they all&nbsp;enjoy the same hobbies&#8211;reading, cooking, baking, and gardening.&nbsp; Judy even discovered that her grandfather was a U.S. Marshal, a fact made more amazing since she just retired as a police officer.<\/p>\n<p>Calling herself &#8220;the luckiest person in the world,&#8221; Judy was touched forever by the miracles and blessings that have come her way.<\/p>\n<p><center>&nbsp;<embed name=\"PaperVideoTest\" pluginspage=\"http:\/\/www.macromedia.com\/go\/getflashplayer\" align=\"middle\" src=\"http:\/\/ktvi.vid.trb.com\/player\/PaperVideoTest.swf\" width=\"300\" height=\"450\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" salign=\"l\" flashvars=\"&amp;titleAvailable=true&amp;playerAvailable=true&amp;searchAvailable=false&amp;shareFlag=N&amp;singleURL=http:\/\/ktvi.vidcms.trb.com\/alfresco\/service\/edge\/content\/ec178a03-bd7f-4213-b660-f38619f6d0a0&amp;propName=ktvi.com&amp;hostURL=http:\/\/www.fox2now.com&amp;swfPath=http:\/\/ktvi.vid.trb.com\/player\/&amp;omAccount=triblocaltvglobal&amp;omnitureServer=fox2now.com\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" menu=\"true\" bgcolor=\"#ffffff\" devicefont=\"false\" wmode=\"transparent\" scale=\"showall\" loop=\"true\" play=\"true\" quality=\"high\"><\/embed><\/center><\/p>\n<p><strong>Read more about the family reunion:<br \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fox2now.com\/news\/ktvi-sisters-reunited-61-years-061410,0,277166.story\">Fox2Now.com: Sisters Reunite After 61 Years<\/a><\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Judy, Carol, and Deb were sisters who didn&#8217;t grow up together and had never met each other until recently.&nbsp; 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